Lott v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

Banke, Judge.

This appeal is from the dismissal of the appellant’s complaint due to improper venue. The complaint was filed in Chatham County in reliance upon Code Ann. § 56-1201. The suit sought enforcement of an alleged settlement agreement between the parties to a wrongful death action in Florida, involving defendant-appellee’s insured and plaintiff-appellant’s intestate.

Appellee moved for summary judgment, alleging that it is a foreign corporation whose registered office in Georgia is in Fulton County. A certificate by the Secretary of State to this effect was attached as an exhibit to the…